Stretching also plays an important role in consulting engagements. While some consultants make it a habit to tell clients what they want to hear with respect to their business success, the best ones practice tough love.

They don’t sugar-coat the truth, they lay it out with realistic truthfulness and practical solutions.

In my candid opinion, Businesses don’t grow without making difficult choices, so I’ll be sure to be honest, bringing my traditional optimism to the table along with a reality check when necessary.

In a bid to further explore the concept of stretching for business success, I will look at different ways to actually stretch for business success in whatever you do.

Here are a few points to note in our quest for business success

Street smart – Stretching for Business Success

Succeeding in your career and in any venture is not only a function of being schooled in an institution or how professional you are. It is also a result of learning the harsh realities of life from the street.

Many of today’s top executives learned their exceptional marketing skills from tips the mastered on the street selling different things.

Intellectual ability does not downplay being street smart or having common sense. It all depends on how you managed the street.

Talk Big – Stretching for Business Success

So many start-up entrepreneurs depend heavily on advertisement in order to showcase their worth to the outside world.

That is not to say that advertising is not effective but for a startup entrepreneur, you are your number one advertiser. You need to be able to outline in one minute what you are capable of doing.

If you can conveniently answer this questions, then you can reach your target audience with minimal efforts.

Exceptionally different – Stretching for Business Success

In business, you either differentiate or die. You need to be able to define your uniqueness in the marketplace of life or your business world.

When you constantly stick to your uniqueness and constantly project it, your market value will increase and you will be rated higher among your equal simply because of your exceptional qualities.

So, in business dare to be different

Tenacity – Stretching for Business Success

Every business enterprise is bound to experience dull moments, ups and downs, obstacles, etc. during this period you don’t have to relent your efforts rather you must persist until you eventually succeed.

Anything worth doing is worth doing badly at first until you learn the act of perfecting it to do it excellently.

Connect – Stretching for Business Success

It is strange how most intending entrepreneurs pursue money with great passion at the expense of connecting and networking with people that will move their business into the success. According to business gurus, to get the money you need to focus on people because people have money. You need to hook up with individuals that are taking giants strides in their chosen business terrain. Befriend them so as to glean from their wealth of knowledge and experience.

Hasten – Stretching for Business Success

To hasten implies to do something without delay. You need to develop what I called “do it now” mentality if you desire to stretch to the next level.

You cannot live as though you have a thousand years to achieve your set goals. If it has to be, it’s up to you to make it happen.

Keep stretching; keep winning the game of ventures

In conclusion, continuing in your own comfort zone is the coolest thing to do but it won’t get you the business success you want!

Running your own business is about stretching yourself out of your comfort zone, taking personal risks and developing yourself.

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